Thursday, October 25, 2007
It Only Hurts for a Little While
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It goes almost without saying that I agree with Bush infrequently. I think Bush and Cheney are a disaster and should be impeached. PBS recently had an interesting piece titled, 'Cheney's Law' which outlined how the Current Administration seeks to concentrate power in the Presidency using the excuse of 'The Global War on Terrorism.' And there is this.
Bill Moyers scored again last Friday with his interview of Jeremy Scahill, author of 'Blackwater.'
Apparently, there are more 'mercenaries' in Iraq than American military! Very interesting. American public opinion is being circumvented by way of a shadow army which does not register on the wounded/killed statistics. The author sees this as a threat to Democracy.
On less serious notes:
A complex joke. I can't imagine that I would be taken in by this.
Shift Happens, describes the consequences of Globalization and the Information Age.
Mars Photographs.
How does it feel to die? Very intere(thump)sting. We will all do it eventually unless Jesus or the Madhi or the Messiah (or all three!) shows up and we are Raptured (or otherwise) right out of our underpants - an unlikely scenerio. The fear of death no doubt creates and sustains these cultural illusions. The most merciful death described seems to be 'the ten second death:' blood supply to the brain is cut off. The brain uses up its reserves in about ten seconds and loses its ability to 'produce us.' We are no more. We die along with our brains, in about five minutes. Even if we are revived, 'apoptosis' might still do us in. Our brains turn to mush. We will never return. Ten seconds can be an eternity, of course, 'And in that sleep of death what dreams may come must give us pause.' The 'Near Death Experience' is well known and has no doubt contributed to the rise of the human concept of 'next life' since antiquity. But not all NDEs are Heavenly. Some can be Hellish.
Do you want to avoid that last ten seconds? Yes? Then here is my prescription(tap): blow your brains out with shotgun. A handgun will work just as well. Put the gun into your mouth. Aim for the top/back of your head. Pull the trigger.
It goes almost without saying that I agree with Bush infrequently. I think Bush and Cheney are a disaster and should be impeached. PBS recently had an interesting piece titled, 'Cheney's Law' which outlined how the Current Administration seeks to concentrate power in the Presidency using the excuse of 'The Global War on Terrorism.' And there is this.
Bill Moyers scored again last Friday with his interview of Jeremy Scahill, author of 'Blackwater.'
Apparently, there are more 'mercenaries' in Iraq than American military! Very interesting. American public opinion is being circumvented by way of a shadow army which does not register on the wounded/killed statistics. The author sees this as a threat to Democracy.
On less serious notes:
A complex joke. I can't imagine that I would be taken in by this.
Shift Happens, describes the consequences of Globalization and the Information Age.
Mars Photographs.
How does it feel to die? Very intere(thump)sting. We will all do it eventually unless Jesus or the Madhi or the Messiah (or all three!) shows up and we are Raptured (or otherwise) right out of our underpants - an unlikely scenerio. The fear of death no doubt creates and sustains these cultural illusions. The most merciful death described seems to be 'the ten second death:' blood supply to the brain is cut off. The brain uses up its reserves in about ten seconds and loses its ability to 'produce us.' We are no more. We die along with our brains, in about five minutes. Even if we are revived, 'apoptosis' might still do us in. Our brains turn to mush. We will never return. Ten seconds can be an eternity, of course, 'And in that sleep of death what dreams may come must give us pause.' The 'Near Death Experience' is well known and has no doubt contributed to the rise of the human concept of 'next life' since antiquity. But not all NDEs are Heavenly. Some can be Hellish.
Do you want to avoid that last ten seconds? Yes? Then here is my prescription(tap): blow your brains out with shotgun. A handgun will work just as well. Put the gun into your mouth. Aim for the top/back of your head. Pull the trigger.
